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Monday, January 12, 2009

flea market fancy 2

Boy, it's been awhile since I finished a pink quilt. I've been slacking!!!I love the pink line of flea market fancy fabric, and I had several large pieces of it in my stash. The only problem is that they don't match many of my other pink fabrics. Weird, I know! So I put all these pretties into one quilt. There is a little bit of Heather Bailey's Freshcut fabric and an Alexander Henry print in the mix, too.

I'm fairly happy with the results, although looking at the photos of the quilt, I see that I should have used more contrasting fabrics.

I love how the muslin crinkles after it's washed.

I used a bias stripe fabric from Moda to bind it. The print is on the diagonal, so you can cut the strips salvage to salvage, but still get the fancy looking diagonal stripes. It's perfect for binding.

For the back, I cut 11" squares and joined them into a strip, then used muslin for the rest. I love a pieced back. The nice thing about this one is it came together quickly. I liked using the large blocks a lot.

All the materials for this quilt came from my stash. That being said, I'm hoping that I can actually notice a dent in the stash sometime soon.

With as many quilts as you make, I'd think that you'd have a dent in the stash very soon! My DIL called me this weekend and said "Mommy (that's what she calls me LOL) I went to that Crazy Mom site and ... She IS Crazy!" Thanks for all the great inspiration you provide. My DIL is a beginning quilter and I think you're going to be very instrumental in getting her hooked!!!

I thought of you today as I was looking through my photos for something pink to post in a week of color project I'm participating in. I thought, "If only I were Amanda Jean. I'd have tons of pink fabric and quilts to shoot!" While I'm not a huge fan of the color, I love what you do with it!

Looks wonderful! I have enjoyed visiting your blog and getting some inspiration. I have vowed this year to dig into my stash to quilt. My hubby was helping me rearrange my Craft Studio the other day and he said "more creating & less buying is needed up here" I guess that is a HINT!

I just love this pink quilt! This is actually a great inspiration for me and a certain 5 year old I know... I just made a Flea Market Fancy quilt for my 14 yr old and I am finishing the binding even as I type. I have greatly enjoyed reading your blog, you are an endless source of inspiration!Thank you!jenn

I don't suppose your sweet husband could do a longer video of you stippling?? I hate to seem ungrateful - I'm not; I SO appreciate all of your tutorials & help. BUT I am having trouble with my stippling looking nice & I thought, maybe, if I could watch you a bit longer (4-5 minutes, instead of 1-2) maybe I could get a better handle on it....

Question: what size are the blocks. They look rather large. I am working on a similar quilt -- inspired by you and have cut 3 1/2 inch strips for the blocks. The finished blocks will then be 9". I was wondering if that is what you did so I have an idea how mine will look.

I love your quilts...EVERY last one of them! You are such an inspiration! I especially like the colors you've chosen for this particular quilt. The pinks are so tranquil, so soothing. Thanks for sharing your outstanding work!

PINK! I love it! It's hard to believe pink was once my least favorite color. When we purchased our current home the previous owner had installed pink carpet in the entire thing and it took me YEARS to get rid of it, one room at a time. Now I find myself looking for ways to add pink back into the mix. Who'd have thunk it? :D

I read somewhere that you think a good lap size quilt is 60" x 72". Is that the measurement of the top before quilting? or finished quilt? Is that taking into account "shrinkage"? How much do you add to a top for shrinkage? Thank you! Glad to see you back.Linda M.